Baby Girl!
Shmuli and Mushky Tuvel (Kew Gardens, NY)
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Going Kosher Doubles Sales at Basketball Arena
Summer represents an accounting of sorts for academic institutions, and at the University of Maryland, the numbers are up in one particular field.
Jews, Christians, Muslims Share Roof on Montreal Island
Christians, Muslims and Jews are praying literally under the same roof on Nuns’ Island in Montreal, where a Chabad synagogue, a church and a mosque occupy the same building, a former mall. And they are not just neighbors – the three groups are working together on common humanitarian concerns; their first joint project is helping Syrian refugees.
Tonight: First Yahrtzeit of R’ Kuti Rapp, OBM
Today, Yud Beis Tammuz, marks the first Yahrtzeit of Reb Yekutiel Rapp, OBM, who was killed in a tragic car accident while crossing a Crown Heights street.
New Engagement!
Yankel Samuels (Crown Heights) and Sheina Liberow (Porto Allegre, Brazil)
Paris Anash Gather to Mark Yud Beis Tammuz
Amid an aura of fear gripping France in the aftermath of a deadly terrorist attack last week, members of the Lubavitch community of Paris defiantly gathered together to celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe from Soviet prison.
Arrest and Liberation of the Rebbe Rayatz in the News
Today marks the anniversary of the freeing of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, the Rebbe Rayatz, from Soviet prison. In honor of the occasion, we present a series of articles from the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) after the 1927 arrest and later release of the Rebbe, courtesy of Lubavitch Archives.
Jewish Woman Injured in Nice Terror Attack Dies
A Jewish woman who was seriously injured by the truck-ramming terror attack in Nice, France, last Thursday has died.
Two IDF Soldiers Accidentally Killed by Grenade
Two IDF soldiers – including Sgt. Shlomo Rindenow, a 20-year-old ‘lone soldier’ from New Jersey – were killed, and three others were wounded when a grenade in the possession of a driver of a light armored military vehicle went off on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights.
Photos: Visiting Day at CGI-Montreal
On Sunday, the campers of Gan Yisroel-Montreal were visited by their families, relatives and friends, who enjoyed many fun activities together both on and off camp grounds.
Jewish Deputy Mayor Shot in Turkey
A Jewish deputy mayor in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant.
Delivery Man Critically Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver
A deliveryman was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday night in Crown Heights, and remains in the hospital in critical condition.
Baby Boy!
Ari and Shaindy (Levin) Pinson (Los Angeles, CA)
New Engagement!
Dovid Reyder (Sharon, MA) and Chani Shochet (Toronto, Canada)
Picture of the Day: Parking Galore
In an all-too-rare occurrence, parking is abundant on the streets of Crown Heights today, Sunday, as community members travel upstate to visit their children and siblings at the various summer camps on visiting day.
8:00pm: Is One Allowed to Distort the Truth for Peace?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 123, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is One Allowed to Distort the Truth for Peace? Does Applying Chassidus Rob It of Its Purity? Can People Really Change? What is the Contemporary Relevance of Yud Beis Tammuz?
Video: It’s the Rebbe’s Camp
Eric, the beloved caretaker of Camp Gan Israel in the Catskills for several decades, has an important message to impart to the staff and campers.
